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Rattier vs Rattler - What's the difference?

rattier | rattler |

As an adjective rattier

is (ratty).

As a noun rattler is

(chiefly|us|informal) a rattlesnake.

rattier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (ratty)

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    ratty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Similar to a rat; ratlike.
  • Infested with rats.
  • (colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
  • * 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
    • The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
    • I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.
  • (UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.

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    rattler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, informal) A rattlesnake.
  • A freight train or, (chiefly, British), a decrepit passenger train.
  • Something which rattles.